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Pentecostalism in South Africa

Pentecostalism began spreading in South Africa after William J. Seymour, of the Azusa Street mission, sent missionaries to convert and organize missions. By the 1990s, approximately 10% of the population of South Africa was Pentecostal. The largest denominations were the Apostolic Faith Mission, Assemblies of God, and the Full Gospel Church of God. Another 30% of the population was made up of mostly black Zionist and Apostolic churches, which comprise a majority of South Africa's African Instituted Churches(AICs). In a 2006 survey, 1 in 10 urban South Africans said they were Pentecostal, and 2 in 10 said they were charismatic. In total, renewalists comprised one-fourth of the South African urban population. A third of all protestants surveyed said that they were Pentecostal or charismatic, and one-third of all South African AIC members said they were charismatic.

History
Early 20th Century In 1895, John Alexander Dowie established a church in Johannesburg. Eventually this joins with the Christian Catholic Church in Zion. In 1904 a missionary from Dowie's Zion City was sent to oversee this church consisting of around 5,000 members who were mostly Zulus. In 1908, Thomas Hezmalhalch and John Lake, along with others, from William Seymour's Azusa Street Mission went to South Africa to convert and organize missions. Rodney Smith, a white South African, read about Pentecostal beliefs and the Azusa revival in William Seymour's Apostolic Faith newsletter. Smith wrote about how he wanted to receive the Spirit Baptism, so when Lake and the other Azusa missionaries arrived in South Africa, he received his Spirit Baptism. Smith and another Azusa missionary, Henry Turney, organised to create a work that eventually became the Assemblies of God in Cape Town and Johannesburg. During the apartheid era, many Pentecostal leaders tried to stay out of politics. But a few, mostly black, Pentecostal leaders became politically active to fight apartheid. Such as Frank Chikane, a black Pentecostal member of the Apostolic Faith Mission, who joins the Student Christian Movement in the 1970s to help guide them towards political activism. Between 1977 and 1982, Chikane was arrested four times. During one of these, he was interrogated and tortured by a member of his own church. In 1981, Chikane was suspended by the Apostolic Faith Mission and was not reinstated until 1990. In 1987, Chikane became the general secretary of the South African Council of Churches where he serves as mediator between the government and the African National Congress (ANC). In 1985, Chikane and a group of other anti-apartheid church leaders create a group called Concerned Evangelicals. Concerned Evangelicals published papers denouncing apartheid, including the Kairos Document in 1985, and the Evangelical Witness in South Africa in 1986, of which, half of the signers were Pentecostal. in 1988, a Pentecostal organization called the Relevant Pentecostal Witness published an anti-apartheid paper and in 1994, these two organizations join to form The Evangelical Alliance of South Africa. Ray McCauley of the mostly white, neo-Pentecostal Rhema Church, starts becoming involved in politics near the end of apartheid. in 1990, McCauley and representatives from 97 other churches sign the anti-apartheid Rustenburg Declaration. In 1991, McCauley and Chikane serve on the National Peace Accord. == Churches ==
Churches
Apostolic Faith Mission The Apostolic Faith Mission began in 1908 when John Lake and Thomas Hezmalhalch came from William Seymour's Azusa Street Mission to convert in South Africa. The Apostolic Faith Mission grew quickly, but soon became racially segregated. In 1996 the two racially segregated branches reunited to form one of the biggest denominations in South Africa. South African Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God is the largest Pentecostal denomination in the world. In 1908, missionaries arrived in South Africa from William Seymour's Azusa Street mission. Some of these missionaries organized a group that would eventually grow to becoming a part of the Assemblies of God. By 1936 this branch of the Assemblies of God was a mostly black denomination. The Assemblies of God preach of Healing, miracles, as well as the holy spirit baptism, like many other Pentecostal denominations. One major difference from other Pentecostal denominations is that the Assemblies of God believe in the Trinity, that people should be baptised "in the name of the father, the son, and the holy spirit", rather than being Oneness, where you are baptised in the name of Jesus. Full Gospel Church of God in South Africa (Volle Evangelie Kerk Van Suid-Afrika... before 2005) In 1909, George Bowie was sent by the Bethel Pentecostal Assembly to South Africa. In 1910 the Pentecostal mission began. This would eventually become the Full Gospel Church of God in South Africa. The Full Gospel Church of God teach of integrity, prophecy, empowering members and leaders to operate within biblical standards, and are contemporary yet remain faithful to their Pentecostal origins. The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God(UCKG) was established in 1977 in Brazil and began spreading to Africa in the 1990s. The UCKG, led by Edir Macedo, sent missionaries to most countries within Africa, as well as many outside. The first bishop to be sent to South Africa, Marcelo Crivella, which was near the end of apartheid, preached of equality between the whites and blacks. South Africa is among the few countries in Africa where the UCKG succeeded the most. The UCKG preaches about prosperity, exorcisms, and healing which form the basis for their faith. Nazareth Baptist Church == References ==
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